Annual Review 2012 - Luxottica

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ANNUAL REPORT 2012
Information by geographical area
The geographic segments include Europe, North America (which includes the United States
of America, Canada and Caribbean islands), Asia-Pacific (which includes Australia, New
Zealand, China, Hong Kong and Japan) and Other (which includes all other geographic
locations, including South and Central America and the Middle East). Sales are attributed
to geographic segments based on the customer’s location, whereas long-lived assets, net
are the result of the combination of legal entities located in the same geographic area.
Years ended December 31 (thousands of Euro) Europe (*) North America Asia-Pacific Other Consolidated
2012
Net sales 1,317,332 4,122,889 897,491 748,430 7,086,142
Long-lived assets, net 342,394 591,358 213,401 45,241 1,192,394
2011
Net sales 1,243,280 3,605,314 779,718 594,171 6,222,483
Long-lived assets, net 340,648 594,722 200,134 33,562 1,169,066
(*) Long-lived assets, net located in Italy represented 26 percent and 27 percent of the Group’s total fixed assets in 2012 and 2011 respectively.